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Title: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: Matt on November 10, 2005, 05:28:35 pm

As always, please post only bugs here -- anything requiring discussion should go in a new thread.  Non-bug posts will be deleted or moved. 

Media Center 11.1 ALPHA is now available.  PRICES for MC11.0 and 11.1 are here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

The public release version of Media Center 11.0 is available here:
http://www.jrmediacenter.com/download.html (recommended for new users)

This latest build of MC11.1 ALPHA is here:
http://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter111055.exe

11.1.55 (11/10/05)

1. Changed: Seeks during playback happen in a worker thread so seeking on an http:// stream can't cause a hang.
2. Changed: Revised "date ago" search syntax -- flipped greater than and less than compares to be more intuitive.
3. Changed: Revised "date ago" search syntax -- use suffixes instead of prefixes. (i.e. [Date Imported]=>4y)
4. Fixed: Media Center better handles WMDM devices that have duplicate files on them.
5. Changed: Media Center will create album / album art on any WMDM device that supports it. (instead of just devices in the PDT)
6. Changed: The album name on media-center style WMDM devices no longer has .alb at the end.
7. Fixed: Formatting a WMDM device, and immediately transferring files again could cause issues.
8. Changed: Album-style players now have files ordered in their albums regardless of the order they were sent.
9. Changed: Media Center does a better job of fully recognizing content uploaded with other software on an album-style WMDM device.
10. Changed: Ripping while CD not present gives a better message box, allowing cancel.
11. Fixed: Hidden services no longer re-appear on reinstall.
12. Changed: Shortcuts no longer get (re)created during an upgrade install.

11.1.54 (11/9/05)

1. Fixed: Dropping files on "Handheld Player" at the first page of the Action Window could open two handheld action windows at once.
2. Changed: Improved support for WMDM devices that didn't support folder creation.
3. Fixed: Library Server conversion on-the-fly was not converting.
4. Fixed: Library Server was not putting in content-length header.
5. Changed: Removed superfluous reader logging.
6. Fixed: Unpausing a slideshow after starting it by double-clicking a single image would pause again after showing one image.
7. Fixed: The display in Playing Now would not look correct if "Always show bars" was selected.
8. Fixed: During pre-buffering slow streams, DirectSound playback could "loop" instead of stopping.
9. Fixed: A couple of smartlist presets and search control presets still used the old "time ago" search syntax.
10. Fixed: The UPnP Server, TiVo Server, and Library Server were not cleaning up conversion temporary files.
11. Fixed: Editing in a playlist view header would not work as expected.

MC 11.1.53 (11/8/05)

1. Changed: Scrolling in the player uses loop style scrolling at constant velocity instead of side-to-side style scrolling at constant time.
2. Fixed: With Podcasts configured, the player could get stuck in an update loop while starting up.

MC 11.1.52 (11/8/05)

1. Fixed: Media Center could update its views multiple times when loading. (causing slowdowns)
2. Fixed: Playlist selection in handheld options would not be properly loaded when entering options.
3. Fixed: If there was an open error on a file the burner would hang.
4. Fixed: Setting aa as a supported file type (when appropriate) so that transfers to Audible ready devices will work properly.
5. Changed: Audible file genre set to "Audiobook" by default (if genre field from the file is empty).

MC 11.1.51 (5/7/05)

1. Changed: Removed "Check synchronization" action window item. (happens automatically if you're in a sync mode)
2. Changed: Closing the handheld action bin no longer prompts to clear the transfer queue. (happens automatically)
3. Changed: Remade handheld options dialog.
4. Fixed: Media Center would crash if hiding a service while that service was active.
5. NEW: Added option to auto-sync when device is connected.
6. Changed: Uninstall button disabled for plug-in categories in Plug-in Manager.
7. Changed: Uninstall button disabled for system plug-ins in Plug-in Manager.
8. NEW: Introduced new search syntax for searching for date elapsed, using the prefixes s,m,h,d,y in front of a number. (examples: "[Date Imported]=d1-d20" (imported 1 to 20 days ago) or "[Date]=>y5" (newer than 5 years ago))

MC 11.1.50 (11/4/05)

1. Changed: Added Services to the Plug-in manager.
2. Changed: Added Hide/Show to Services.
3. Removed: Services Manager Dialog.
4. Changed: Improved support for iRiver 8xx, 9xx, etc. devices.
5. Fixed: Podcast Album field (by default Podcast Pub Date) now uses regional time settings.
6. Fixed: Podcast display now remembers user selected sorting criteria.
7. Changed: During a handheld transfer, the currently uploading file will stay visible in the handheld list.
8. Fixed: Unplugging a device during a transfer could cause a crash.
9. Fixed: Player could get "stuck" when a file failed to playback properly.

MC 11.1.49 (11/02/05)

1. Changed: Audible service now comes installed with the player.
2. Fixed: Handheld plugin entries for plugins no longer used would still show in plugin manager.
3. Changed: Plugin Manager labels for Interface Plugins were confusing (changed start/stop to show/hide).
4. Fixed: Plugin Manager default values for Interface Plugins were wrong.
5. Fixed: Now properly handles RFC822 dates found in Podcast Feeds, regardless of OS/User internationalization settings.
6. Fixed: Application no longer crashes when previously downloaded Podcast Episodes vanish from a Podcast Feed.

New Features in MC 11.1
Podcasting
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: Qythyx on November 10, 2005, 07:57:00 pm
I haven't tested on 55 yet, but I still see it in 54 and it doesn't show as fixed is 55, so...

I'm still having an issue with MC caching tracks that it downloads from a Library Server in the Temporary Internet Files directory of IE. The problem is that these files don't seem to get deleted very often, if ever. Furthermore, they seem to ignore the settings in IE regarding how much space to use for these temp files.

The reason this is a big issue for me is that I don't have much free space on my client's drive (less than 1G) and I'm listening to lossless files from my server. At 50MB each it doesn't take long to use up all my free space.
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: spb on November 10, 2005, 09:05:44 pm
11/10/05 18:53:46 - Starting...
11/10/05 18:53:46 - Trying Port 8070
11/10/05 18:53:46 - Checking TiVo Beacon installation
11/10/05 18:53:46 - Connecting to Beacon.
11/10/05 18:53:48 - Running on Port 8070
11/10/05 19:02:40 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:40 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:42 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:43 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:46 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:51 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:57 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:02:58 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Basic
11/10/05 19:03:02 - Warning: Bad URL argument(container) Details=Optimal
11/10/05 19:03:02 - Sharing (with conversion): F:\Documents\Our Music\Country\Deana Carter\Did I Shave My Legs For This_\Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine.mp3
11/10/05 19:03:09 - Bad Request: Unknown Command /TiVoConnect??Command=FlushServer
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: Matt on November 10, 2005, 09:28:32 pm
Quote from: Qythyx on November 10, 2005, 07:57:00 pm
I haven't tested on 55 yet, but I still see it in 54 and it doesn't show as fixed is 55, so...

I'm still having an issue with MC caching tracks that it downloads from a Library Server in the Temporary Internet Files directory of IE. The problem is that these files don't seem to get deleted very often, if ever. Furthermore, they seem to ignore the settings in IE regarding how much space to use for these temp files.

The reason this is a big issue for me is that I don't have much free space on my client's drive (less than 1G) and I'm listening to lossless files from my server. At 50MB each it doesn't take long to use up all my free space.

MC uses with windows internet layer to read from the internet.  The caching (and storage in "Temporary Internet Files" is controlled by IE.  Have you tried updating the settings in IE?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: Richee on November 10, 2005, 09:48:31 pm
The CD Baby service seems to be missing and I can't see how to get it back. Am I missing something?
I believe it has been missing for at least a few alpha builds. I have to keep reverting to 316 to get it back. 
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: mark_h on November 11, 2005, 03:32:46 am
2. Changed: Revised "date ago" search syntax -- flipped greater than and less than compares to be more intuitive.

Many thanks.

I notice that the [last played] field no longer has elapsed logic applied to it, eg it no longer displays "34 days ago" but simply the datestamp for the field.  Is this by design?  I prefer the old format, but have already written an expression to emulate the old layout so am not overly bothered.  Just wanted to raise it incase it's a change you didn't intend  ;D

Cheers,

Mark
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: marko on November 11, 2005, 04:17:56 am
Quote from: mark_h on November 11, 2005, 03:32:46 am
I notice that the [last played] field no longer has elapsed logic applied to it, eg it no longer displays "34 days ago" but simply the datestamp for the field. Is this by design? I prefer the old format, but have already written an expression to emulate the old layout so am not overly bothered. Just wanted to raise it incase it's a change you didn't intend ;D

How to display it depends where I'm using it. I have [last played] in my player display area where i'd rather it were formatdate([last played],elapsed)
Sadly, the expression doesn't apply there, it prints out the expression instead. Would it be hard to allow expressions in there?
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Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: lOth on November 11, 2005, 05:32:14 am
playlists transfered to the iPod are still displayed in reverse alphabetical order
Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: LonWar on November 11, 2005, 11:19:58 am
Volume Levelling Seems to be broken,

DSP Studio
Replay Gain checked
Track Based Checked
Adjustment : Fixed

I keep haveing to turn up and down the computer volume.
All my tracks are analyzed wma's.

Title: Re: Media Center 11.1.55 Alpha
Post by: lOth on November 11, 2005, 02:18:17 pm
right click iPod > eject : the iPod is still not fully ejected. You need to physically unplug the iPod for it to be actually ejected.